# Can deploy parse-server backend api app? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** deployment\ **Created:** [July 28, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/can-deploy-parse-server-backend-api-app/97698 "2023-07-28T04:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nemrutuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@nemrutuser](https://answers.netlify.com/u/nemrutuser)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/can-deploy-parse-server-backend-api-app/97698/1 "2023-07-28T04:23:41Z")
My backend structure as a NodeJS application is wrapped by ExpressJS, contacts to Redis and MongoDB servers through URL with credentials included. Also thinking to have another app that runs parse-dashboard to manage the database. Can I deploy this and use it in netlify? ---
**Author:** ![nathanmartin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/nathanmartin/32/30845_2.png) [@nathanmartin](https://answers.netlify.com/u/nathanmartin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/can-deploy-parse-server-backend-api-app/97698/2 "2023-07-28T10:04:24Z")
@nemrutuser See: > [@\[Support Guide\] Can I run a web server, HTTP listener, and/or database at Netlify?](https://answers.netlify.com/t/support-guide-can-i-run-a-web-server-http-listener-and-or-database-at-netlify/3078): > > Last reviewed: July 2025 How do I run a server/database at Netlify? We often get questions about how to run a specific backend server or database at Netlify. Examples of these types of questions include: How to I get my node HTTP listener to respond to requests? How do I start Mongo/MySQL/\ running on the server? How can I SSH into my website? We are here today to answer these questions - and the answer is: you can’t! hushed_faceWhat do you mean, I cannot run a …